Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis, reports say
By: Claire Keenan (BBC)
How the hell is this small government? How the hell is this supposed get the Federal government off the backs of Americans? Trump is creating requirements, rules, and phony authority on the fly to create an even BIGGER Big Government.
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Soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis, a US defence official has told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
The official said the 1,500 soldiers, currently in Alaska, are an option for US president Donald Trump if he decided to use active duty military personnel, as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations continued in the city on Saturday.
No decision has yet been made on whether to deploy the soldiers from Alaska, the official said.
Minnesota officials have urged protesters to stay orderly and peaceful during demonstrations after an ICE agent shot dead US citizen Renee Good earlier this month.
The soldiers are part of the 11th Airborne Division in Fort Wainwright, the official added.
Last week, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely-used law that allows active-duty military personnel to be deployed for law enforcement duties inside the US.
It comes as a US federal judge issued an order limiting the crowd control tactics that can used by ICE agents towards "peaceful and unobstructive" protesters in Minneapolis.
On Friday, Judge Katherine Menendez ruled that federal agents cannot arrest or pepper spray peaceful demonstrations, including those monitoring or observing ICE agents.
The state's National Guard has been mobilised and placed on alert by Governor Tim Walz, and other law enforcement officers were deployed to Minneapolis ahead of the anti-ICE demonstrations.
Recent protests in the city were sparked by widespread action by ICE in the city, and follow Good's death on 7 January.
City leaders said Good was there as a legal observer of ICE activity.
But the Trump administration has called her a "domestic terrorist".
Good's death sparked protests across the country, with many people holding signs that read "Justice for Renee".
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How can any Republican defend Trump's BIGGER Big Government? Have Republicans been lying since Barry Goldwater?
Trump has been imposing Big Government solutions on every issue. Trump is a BIGGER Big Government President who has created a Big Government where Americans are now the enemy. How the hell do these BIGGER Big Government solutions Make America Great Again?
So you support the tea party now?
So you support Clinton Big Government now?
I've always believed that national defense (which includes immigration enforcement ) is the primary purpose of the federal government and opposed Calhounesque attempts at nullification. When Clinton and Obama enforced federal immigration law, I supported them on those policies. I didn't scream "fascism" because I opposed other things they did.
That's an 'ends justify the means' argument. Isn't that how Big Government Democrats justify everything they impose on the American people?
Trump is a reincarnation of Stalinism. Trump is creating a command & control BIGGER Big Government that bypasses the American people. Trump is creating a government that replaces socialism for the rich with communism for the oligarchs.
Trump is a BIGGER Big Government President who claims unilateral authority to do as he wishes. Just like Joseph Stalin. How can small government Republicans support and defend what Trump is doing?
No its it not. At all. It's a first principles argument.
How can small government Republicans support and defend what Trump is doing?
I've already explained it to you. Since time immemorial, Republicans have supported spending money in support of the federal governments role in national security. I can't believe you aren't aware of it. They've campaigned on it your entire life. I don't know how this surprises you.
Nuance exists. It's possible to support spending on the military and oppose spending on fraudulent day cares run by Somali migrants. People are capable of making that distinction.
I don't agree that they should be brought into Minneapolis to do the duty of immigration. If the police won't protect the ice agents doing their job then I have no issue bringing help in to protect them. Although the politicians are starting to talk about peaceful protests until the folks going beyond that are held accountable then they are asking for what it seems they may get.
I don't believe the police will do anything to help ICE. Just the other night, the soy boy police chief and about a dozen of his "men" ran away from a mob of rioters and ran to the safety of their cars.
They get their orders from the head soy bot Frey.
And they will all whine when they get what they are forcing to be done
Not all, but many, too many:
I just read a story that said the Minnesota family leave Act went into affect on the 1st, which gives city employees paid time off if they had a baby in 2025 for "bonding", even if the baby was born in January last year. Illegals are not exemt.
Report states 60-100 officers will take advantage this month where the PD is already begging for officers to cover overtime shifts.
Honestly, though, it's not like they would do anything anyway.